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It will be all about working with what we've got and taking it one game at a time, out of situations like this you can still find some positives such as Miley who would've never got this sort of chance with a full squad, hopefully some others can rise to the occasion until we get some of our senior players back.

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21 minutes ago, black_n_white said:

I think Howe knows there are difficult situations in the horizon on terms of team selection from his interview yesterday. Not sure how he combats this tbh?

 

 

 

There are no obvious options, it's all tradeoffs. So we need to be very tolerant of whatever happens, basically, whether that's playing tired players who consequently get injured, or putting out lacklustre lineups in competitions we'd normally want to take seriously.

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13 hours ago, Dokko said:

Don't get putting three keepers on the bench, unless he's trying to signal to the board the situation, to which you'd think they are aware, and only if they are refusing to back him, which you'd assume is not the case. Surely we could have put a couple of other kids on the bench as well as the ones we had? Give him more options outfield. Of course it was fine in the end, so a completely pointless observation from me. :lol:

 

Was it not just that the u18s had played a cup match the night before?

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6 hours ago, The College Dropout said:

Definite signal to the board. Get me Neves and em. 

 

I think Neves will be keen to make the move. He's far too good and young to be playing in that league.

 

Who or what is 'em'? Maybe I'm missing something due to age.

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thing is, the issue isn’t that we don’t have numbers. The squad is full… it’s just half of them are injured :lol:. We can de-register Tonali to free up a space and that’s about it. We can sign under 21s who don’t need to be registered for the PL too I guess.

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3 minutes ago, Smal said:

thing is, the issue isn’t that we don’t have numbers. The squad is full… it’s just half of them are injured :lol:. We can de-register Tonali to free up a space and that’s about it. We can sign under 21s who don’t need to be registered for the PL too I guess.

Gillespie (4 GKs is unusual right?), Dummett, Ritchie, Krafth, Manquillo.  And Tonali. 

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41 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Any others Howe might be interested in.  
 

It could Kalvin Phillips


I hope we don’t get him. Far too injury prone and he’s rejected us once already.

 

Also feel like he’s a bit of a mercenary who could upset the squad cohesion. 

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Don’t think he’s a mercenary by any stretch. By all accounts, he’s worked extremely hard at Man City and has wanted to play more, he’s not caused any rifts or issues. My issue is whether he has the drive to be the best. The limited game time over the last few years suggests he maybe doesn’t have the will to become the best he can be. However, who knows, it’s not like any of us know what’s going on there for sure 

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1 hour ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

Phillips is a mercenary? How exactly?


I’ve got nothing substantial to offer, I just don’t particularly like him.

 

That and I’m probably still bitter he rejected us. My point on his poor injury record is more than a valid enough argument to not pursue him mind. 

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3 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

I don’t think the bench was a message to anyone, he already included 4 kids. We just physically don’t have the personnel that are worth including. 

 

Yeah what sort of message is he meant to be sending anyway. :lol: 

 

Sorry the £300-400m I've had isn't enough and I know we've got 10 players missing, but there's 3 keepers on the bench, give me more. 

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There was a great article on the Athletic last week about our set pieces, about the variations, choreographed blocking, misdirections, etc. we do.

 

Following on from it, yesterday we manufactured a free header for Joelinton that he should have scored and a free header for Lacelles that hit the back of the net. It was three or four passes after the free kick, so maybe won't count in the stats as a set piece, but was clearly us working the ball so it could be delivered from an unexpected angle to an unexpected target. That would be a set piece goal in my book.

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1 minute ago, Stottie said:

There was a great article on the Athletic last week about our set pieces, about the variations, choreographed blocking, misdirections, etc. we do.

 

Following on from it, yesterday we manufactured a free header for Joelinton that he should have scored and a free header for Lacelles that hit the back of the net. It was three or four passes after the free kick, so maybe won't count in the stats as a set piece, but was clearly us working the ball so it could be delivered from an unexpected angle to an unexpected target. That would be a set penis goal in my book.

 

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People sure are making a lot of the 3 keepers thing. 

 

We only get 5 subs that we can make per game, he's included 6 outfield players that he trusts (to differing degrees) to introduce into the pitch - given all 6 got on bar Parkinson, who had 25 mins at Bournemouth. He may well only trust the academy lads for short cameos or giving the senior lads a breather late on but he's clearly selected lads he can trust to do that rather than just populate the bench with lads who aren't ready and he won't ever use.

 

Granted there's like an absolute fractionally miniscule chance that we manage to go through Pope, Dubravka, Karius and Gillespie in one match due to injury or red cards but better to have them all sat there than empty seats. Imagine if our injury/suspension crisis suddenly extended to the goalkeeping department and we had an empty seat instead of a registered keeper we needed to use? There'd be hell on if we suddenly had to hoy an outfielder in net.

 

I understand there's a point to then be made about the depth/quality of our U23/academy if we can't scrape together another couple of lads who he can trust, but it's a long process to sort out the shambolic shell it was when we were bought 2 years ago and a lot of the promising ones are out on loan anyway.

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It may just be that you get a bonus payment if you’re on the bench and Eddie didn’t want to give it to young lads who were nowhere near the first team squad.

 

Also six academy lads might have diluted the honour given to the three that made it.

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Eddie Howe – We are sticking to our principles

 

An exhilarating afternoon at St James’ Park, Eddie Howe watching on from the touchline.

The Newcastle United Head Coach orchestrating yet another excellent performance from his team AND dominant victory.

Eddie Howe doing this in the most difficult of circumstances, with the injury list somehow ending up even worse after the international ‘break’ as Sean Longstaff and Joe Willock were added to that ever growing list, whilst Lewis Hall was unable to play either, due to being on loan from Chelsea.

Eddie Howe a proud man reflecting on what had been a massive achievement from himself and his players, the NUFC boss insisting that whatever is thrown at them, they are sticking to their ‘principles’ when tackling each and every match.

 

Eddie Howe reflecting on Newcastle 4 Chelsea 1:

“It was a real statement of character within the squad.

“We really asked the players to step up and we really deserved to win.

“Big positives from today.

“The leaders within the group set the tone… Jamaal Lascelles, Kieran Trippier, Matt Ritchie.

“They make sure that we don’t surrender.

“If you are disjointed and go away from your principles, you will be in trouble.

“We try to be us.

“Jamaal Lascelles has been incredible behind the scenes and you want to see that rewarded in the right way.

“He has been patient and is now performing really well.

“The goal [to make it 2-1) was a massive moment in our season.

“Gordon’s cross was pinpoint and the header was perfect.”

Eddie Howe on the performance of 17 year old Lewis Miley:

“I haven’t come across many 17 year olds at his level.

“he is a very good athlete, strong, a good size.

“The biggest compliment I can give him is the pass for the first goal.

“An incredible decision and he has the right temperament.

“A lot of young players would have wanted to shoot there.

“We have high hopes for him.”

 

:indi:

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11 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said:

IMG_5182.thumb.jpeg.49569fe258d3ae5a3b21f78d6764454d.jpeg

 

Eddie Howe – We are sticking to our principles

 

An exhilarating afternoon at St James’ Park, Eddie Howe watching on from the touchline.

The Newcastle United Head Coach orchestrating yet another excellent performance from his team AND dominant victory.

Eddie Howe doing this in the most difficult of circumstances, with the injury list somehow ending up even worse after the international ‘break’ as Sean Longstaff and Joe Willock were added to that ever growing list, whilst Lewis Hall was unable to play either, due to being on loan from Chelsea.

Eddie Howe a proud man reflecting on what had been a massive achievement from himself and his players, the NUFC boss insisting that whatever is thrown at them, they are sticking to their ‘principles’ when tackling each and every match.

 

Eddie Howe reflecting on Newcastle 4 Chelsea 1:

“It was a real statement of character within the squad.

“We really asked the players to step up and we really deserved to win.

“Big positives from today.

“The leaders within the group set the tone… Jamaal Lascelles, Kieran Trippier, Matt Ritchie.

“They make sure that we don’t surrender.

“If you are disjointed and go away from your principles, you will be in trouble.

“We try to be us.

“Jamaal Lascelles has been incredible behind the scenes and you want to see that rewarded in the right way.

“He has been patient and is now performing really well.

“The goal [to make it 2-1) was a massive moment in our season.

“Gordon’s cross was pinpoint and the header was perfect.”

Eddie Howe on the performance of 17 year old Lewis Miley:

“I haven’t come across many 17 year olds at his level.

“he is a very good athlete, strong, a good size.

“The biggest compliment I can give him is the pass for the first goal.

“An incredible decision and he has the right temperament.

“A lot of young players would have wanted to shoot there.

“We have high hopes for him.”

 

:indi:

 

Has even The Mag started resorting to AI for their articles? All but the quotes read like a robot.

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